If it were to succeed, the campaign to hike - or worse, double - the minimum wage would have serious negative repercussions for the young, least skilled, and least employable. Previous newsletters have explored in depth this well-known negative policy consequence. It's one of the issues about...
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 7:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper visited East Carolina University on Thursday as part of an initiative to educate college consumers on making wise financial choices.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 2:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The price of sound tax policy is eternal vigilance, and a year after the N.C. General Assembly implemented a tax reform plan based on sound principles of taxation and economics, it is threatening to begin the process of unraveling these reforms with a new excise tax on e-cigarettes.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To make a long story short, the great debate in North Carolina politics concerns how state and local governments can best promote economic growth and opportunity. Opinions differ widely, as one might expect. But generally speaking, they can be grouped into three schools of thought that bear...
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since the onset of the Great Recession in 2007, many American households and businesses have substantially reduced their indebtedness. That was a rational decision. A key cause of the boom that led to the bust was excessive leverage, itself a product of the Federal Reserve Board's easy-money..
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 @ 1:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obamacare's health insurance exchanges offer four "metallic" levels of plans: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. Bronze plans cover 60 percent of benefits, meaning consumers will be responsible for higher out-of-pocket expenses such as co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles. Meanwhile, platinum...
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2013 @ 7:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The ongoing debate over subsidies for traditional versus renewable energy sources offers an incomplete picture. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report urges advocates on both sides of the debate to fill in the gaps by factoring in penalties along with subsidies.
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2013 @ 11:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolina and the rest of the country continue a painfully slow recovery from a painful recession, there is no more important question in public policy than how best to create sustained economic growth.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2013 @ 12:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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About 1.8 million North Carolinians receive Medicaid benefits, with federal and state taxpayers contributing more than $14 billion a year to the program. Now North Carolina and other states are trying to figure out how to ensure quality care and outcomes, while reducing costs. Katherine Restrepo...
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2013 @ 5:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina could look northwest to Indiana and south to Florida for evidence of how a consumer-driven model would improve the state Medicaid program.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid's ineffective utilization of its unpredictable budget is a parasitic disease to taxpayers and beneficiaries. The state now faces a budget overrun of more than $248 million.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 7:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Local media consumers may have picked up a bit of trivia lately: North Carolina's new governor isn't a Democrat. This break from The Way Things Are Done 'Round Here has led to...
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Representatives of the financial industry and policy analysts are concerned about reports that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering taking a formal role in helping Americans better understand and manage their retirement savings. Such a move would mark the agency's first entry
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A change in North Carolina's tax code is coming this year. The most likely outcome will be a reduction in the reliance on our state's income taxes and more of a reliance on an expanded sales tax.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 @ 8:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you think ObamaCare is going to jack up medical costs for you and your family, wait until you get a load of the potential impact on your pets' bills for veterinary treatment.
Published: Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 @ 1:03 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Once a self-described liberal consumer affairs reporter convinced that government needed to do something about greedy, cheating businessmen, John Stossel is now one of the nation's leading libertarian voices.
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2012 @ 1:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Louisiana monks who faced time in the slammer for selling handmade wooden caskets to support themselves have won a victory in federal court against the protectionist Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.
Published: Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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No system of public education can thrive without a high-quality teacher workforce. The problem is that state education bureaucracies enforce certification and licensure rules that seldom distinguish excellent teachers from poor ones.
Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 @ 5:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's overall economic situation has seen consistent decline over the last several decades. Small towns and big cities around the state have seen businesses large and small leave the state for more profitable lands or go completely out of business.
Published: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 @ 1:44 am
By: Bill Cook
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